A Vast World!

First, Zhao Xiao is not a native cultivator of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, but hails from another great realm, a realm known as the Immortal Domain.

Second, there are Immortals in the Immortal Domain, but there are no Immortals in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, because it is impossible to become an Immortal in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands!

Lastly, and most importantly, there are Immortal Kings in the Immortal Domain. Immortal Kings are terrifyingly powerful. To say nothing else, the sheer reverence and longing on Zhao Xiao's face whenever he speaks the words "Immortal King" says it all!

"I hope Zhao Xiao can share a bit more intelligence regarding the Immortal Domain!"

Unfortunately, things did not go as hoped. Zhao Xiao only gave a rough overview of the Immortal Domain before changing the subject and beginning to talk about the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

"What I am about to say next is only what I have read in ancient texts. I cannot guarantee whether it is true or false, as I only came to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to train."

As he spoke, Zhao Xiao drew nineteen circles of varying sizes within the circle representing the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, writing "Three Thousand Dao Provinces" in one of them.

"It is said that the heavens and earth of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands were once complete, known as the Primitive Ancient World. But during the great battle of the Immortal Ancient Era, the Primitive Ancient World clashed with the Other Realm, shaking the entire Myriad Worlds. Many powerhouses from the Immortal Domain even entered the Primitive Ancient World to assist, among whom were Immortal King-level powerhouses whose strength was terrifying to the extreme."

"Ancient records state that the battle was exceptionally tragic. True Immortals of the Primitive Ancient World fell, and Immortal Kings bled. In the end, the Primitive Ancient World was completely shattered. Some ancient domains vanished forever, while the remaining ones transformed into the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands—that is, nineteen worlds of varying strength."

"The Upper Realm to which the Eight Regions belong is called the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, and it is one of the Ten Lands."

While speaking, Zhao Xiao drew a dozen small circles next to the Three Thousand Dao Provinces circle, added a few dots, and wrote the words "Eight Regions" inside one of the small circles.

"Worlds like the Eight Regions are countless within the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands."

On the Douluo Continent, as Zhao Xiao slowly introduced the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, everyone fell silent.

In the Star Luo Empire, Emperor Dai An stared fixedly at the N small circles Zhao Xiao had drawn, his eyes full of fervor.

"It is too vast. The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands are simply too vast. If our Star Luo Empire could occupy just one of those small worlds, we would likely be ten thousand times more prosperous than we are now!"

Uh...

Standing before Dai An, Dai Weisi remained silent. He did not know what to say in response to his father's whimsical idea...

As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father. Dai An saw exactly what Dai Weisi was thinking at a glance, curled his lip, and said disdainfully.

"I know my idea is whimsical and highly impractical, but have you ever thought about what would happen if, one day, our Star Luo Empire truly occupied one of those small worlds? Today, I will tell you: a person must have dreams. Even if that dream is highly impractical, as long as you strive toward it—a thousand years, ten thousand years, even a hundred thousand or a million years later—it will eventually be achieved!"

"How does that old saying go? If a person has no dreams, what is the difference between them and a salted fish?!"

Dai Weisi: ...

Forget it, you're my father; whatever you say is right.

On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi's eyes had been fixed on the part of the light screen where Tang Hao was cultivating. However, as Teacher Zhao Xiao began his little knowledge briefing, it instantly captured her attention, and her face was filled with shock.

"To think that the Three Thousand Dao Provinces is merely one of these 19 worlds of varying strength in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, and that the Eight Regions is just one of countless worlds—and even just one of these countless worlds is infinitely more vast than our Douluo Continent! Amazing, truly amazing. The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands are simply too vast!"

"Tang Chen, you must work hard! You shouldn't be satisfied with just becoming a god anymore, right? I am waiting for you to come and take me away!"

At Shrek Academy, Tang San wished he could press his eyes right against the light screen to get a closer look at the small circles Zhao Xiao was drawing.

Is it possible that the world from my past life is just one of those small circles Zhao Xiao is drawing?

"San Ge, what's wrong? Why are you so agitated? Your injuries haven't healed yet."

Xiao Wu, whose heart was entirely set on Tang San, instantly noticed his unusual behavior and spoke up in a hurry, fearing he might aggravate his wounds.

Hearing Xiao Wu's voice, Tang San finally pulled back his thoughts. He suppressed the turmoil in his heart and shook his head.

"It's nothing, I just remembered my hometown."

Hometown? Holy Soul Village?

Xiao Wu reached out and grabbed Tang San's hand, interlacing their fingers together.

"San Ge, let's go back to Holy Soul Village after a while."

After a brief silence, Tang San nodded.

"Alright."

On the other side of Shrek Academy, the mysterious girl behind the scenes also watched the small circles Zhao Xiao was drawing with burning eyes. She couldn't help but ask her system.

"System, System, come out! Tell me, does the world I came from also belong to one of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands? Can I go to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands first, and then go home?"

[Host, you are overthinking it. The world you are in does not belong to the system of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands at all. It should be a planet called Blue Star, located in a minor realm beneath a minor realm beneath another great world. Furthermore, according to this system's judgment, I am afraid it is separated from the Douluo world we are in, and even the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, by an unknown number of worlds.]

[When I first met you in the space-time turbulence, your soul had already been eroded to the point of extreme weakness. Normally, time stops within space-time turbulence; whatever state your soul was in when it entered, it would remain that way no matter how much time passed. There is only one possibility: so much time had passed that even the space-time turbulence fluctuated, and every fluctuation weakened your soul.]

[In other words, you spent an unknown amount of time in the space-time turbulence before arriving near the Douluo world, where I encountered you.]

[If the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the Immortal Domain, and so on, constitute one set of Myriad Worlds, then the world you came from is in an infinitely distant, entirely different set of Myriad Worlds. Do you understand, my Host?]

After being told this by the system, the girl fell silent.

It is unknown how much time passed before the girl finally nodded.

"I understand, but I really miss my mom and dad..."

"I miss Dad combing my hair, and I miss the Braised Pork Ribs Mom used to cook for me..."

"System, tell me, is there still a possibility for me to go back?"

[...Of course you can, you definitely can, you absolutely can!]

At the same time, after a moment of silence, Zhao Xiao began to relay the information he had received from a True Immortal powerhouse of the Chu family before he set out from the Immortal Domain.